Nail-extractor



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J. M. HERNDON.

NAIL EXTRAGTOR.

No. 326,649. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

| gnphor. Wash UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. HERNDON, OF JUDSONIA, ARKANSAS.

NAl L-EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,649, datedSeptember 22, 1885.

Application filed June 23, 1885.

' enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partofthis specification.

My invention has relation to claw-bars and nailextractors; and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts.

.In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, showing the handle bent toan angle of ninety degrees. Fig. 3 is a side view of the straight bar.Fig. 4 is a side view of the shoe or fulcrum. Fig. 5 is a side View ofone of the side pieces that form the claws.

My invention is described as follows: I make the barl long enough to beconveniently handled by a grown person, and large enough to bear thepressure of extracting a railroad spike. The lower end of said bar ismade flat and. drawn out until it is not thicker than a railroad-spike.On the lower end, and in the lower face of the bar 1, I cut a V-shapedopening, 5, the upper end of which terminates in a three-quartercircular opening, 6, for the reception of the circular head of thefulcrum 4. The head of this fulcrum exactly fits into the opening 6, andenables the fulcrum 4 to freely swing backward and forward, as though itwere bolted in said position. The base 7 of the said fulcrum is as wideas the entire grab,

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and is provided with a row of teeth, 8, to .prevent its slipping. Whenthis fulcrum is put in place, I then bolt on a pair of the jaws 2, whichextend beyond the end of the lever 1 and terminate in a pair of claws.These claws each have on their under face a shoulder, 9, to prevent thefulcrum 4 from swinging too far forward.

The operation of my claw-bar and nail-extractor is apparent. The clawsare inserted under the head of the spike or nail. The fulcrum fallsforward of its own weight against the shoulder 9. It is then rested 011some solid substance and I bear down on the bar 1. As the nail or spikeis drawn out the claws are allowed, by means of the swinging fulcrum, tomove forward and allow the nail to come up in a perpendicular line. Thusit will be seen that the nail is drawn without unnecessary friction, andis not bent by the operation.

Having described my invention,whatIclaim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent. is

The claw-bar and nail-extractor consisting of the lever 1, having in itslower face and at its fulcrum end the V-shaped opening 5 and thethree-quarter opening 6, fulcrum 4, having a circular head fitting intothe said circular opening 6, base 7, and teeth 8 on the lower face ofthe said base, side pieces, 2, their front ends terminating in claws andhaving on their lower face shoulders 9, all bolted together by means ofbolts 3, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J AS. M. HERNDON.

Witnesses:

JNo. S. EASTLAND, J NO. D. DEBoIs.

